With the great addition of the petition section on The Union website it should be expected that students petitioning The Union will be able to share their petition on social media. As such, this increase the petition's reach.

This will mean that that any petition is far more likely to be exposed to a larger proportion of the student population than if the petition required a physical signature on paper. With this in mind it seems that the quota of 250 students (~1% of The Union's membership) is extremely low. This figure was decided upon in a time when The Union's membership was far smaller.

As such, this is a proposal for the quota for petitions to be made directly proportional to The Union's membership. For example: at least 5% of students should sign the petition for its cause to be considered.

Careful research should be caried out to ensure that the percentage is chosen wisely. This would ensure that only petitions that a significant level of the student population care about would be considered, perhaps The Union can consult students undertaking statistics modules in order to have a good reasoning behind any figure.